BEHREND GOES GOO GOO
RACHELLE THOMPSON
news editor
NEIL JAMES
opinion editor
The Goo Goo Dolls Concert,
held in the Junker Center, at
tracted a sold out crowd, rang
ing from those who traveled
from a far to the Penn State
Behrend student body.
On the morning of the con
cert the temperature was at a
low of only 37 degrees, but that
wasn't stopping three young
women.
Stacy and Abby Shrater, from
Cleveland, Ohio and Kari An
dros, from Detroit, Mich. were
the first three girls to arrive at
the doors outside of the Junker
Center. They traveled a total of
6.5 hours between them, to see
their favorite band. They ar
rived at 9:30 that morning,
making it show number 17 for
Andros.
"We were stoked when we
heard the Goo Goo Dolls were
coming," said Stacy Shrater.
"We haven't seen them in three
years. Coming today is such a
great thing."
Another avid fan, Caroline
Vanna, from Cleveland, Ohio
lined up just behind the
Shraters around 3 in the after
noon, but she has been to a few
more concerts.
"In the last four years, I've
gone to probably 14 concerts,"
said Vanna, mentioning that
distance hasn't been an obsta
cle to see them play. "The fur
thest I've traveled to a concert
is Las Vegas. I'm probably the
oldest fan here," joked Vanna.
In order for a concert to be
this successful it required a
large amount of planning and
devoted volunteers to get this
going.
The concert committee
Honors student Beth Bimber taking fu
CAROLYN ZAFFINO
staff writer
For Beth Bim
ber, the Schreyer
Honors College
provides another
stepping stone
towards achiev
ing her goals.
Bimber, a
Schreyer Hon
ors College stu
dent majoring in Engineering
Science, has been in the Hon-
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Behrend Beacon
Holocaust remembrance speaker explains importance of rescue
Stanlee Stahl, executive vice president of The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous,
gave a presentation about the history of rescue during the Holocaust.
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Jon Klein / The Behrend Beacon
Behrend students, as well as fans who traveled from as far as Michigan, filled the Junker Center this past weekend to watch the Goo Goo Dolls and The Rocket Summer perform.
chairs, clad in green 'director
shirts' at the concert, began
meeting last semester. Their
first task: find an act. The
lengthy process begins with an
initial survey to get a general
idea of what students want. The
committee looked to see what
genre, ticket price range, and
type of event the students were
ors College for two years.
Bimber, a Hamburg, N.Y. na
tive, was also recently inducted
into the Omicron Delta Kappa
Leadership Honors Society.
Her journey towards these
successes began as a motivated
high school student.
At her high school, there
were many AP classes avail
able. She decided to take them,
knowing that they would be the
next step towards college.
"There was a hard fight for
valedictorian and salutatorian
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looking for.
Once the first survey is com
pletely done a discussion is had
with the middle agent through
concert ideas, then they are
able to narrow down their
search to several performers
from various genres. Another
survey is then sent out with
specific artists, all viable, to the
my senior year," she said. "I
ended up third out of 383 stu
dents."
Her drive in high school
helped her earn many scholaF
ships from different colleges.
When applying to Behrend,
Bimber filled out every applica
tion she found online.
"Schreyer was just one more
application and acceptance for
me. I didn't really know what it
She said that the Honors
pro gram is not designed to be
When talking about the Holocaust it is
easy to simply focus in on the concen
tration camps, the enormous loss of
human life, and the cruelty that was en
dured.
However, Stanlee Stahl, the executive
vice president of the Jewish Foundation
for the Righteous, took the time to speak
to the students of Behrend about a little
known aspect of the Holocaust on Mon
day.
The topic of rescue is often not dis
cussed, but it is an important and rare
phenomenon to the history of the Holo
caust.
"Rescue highlights the promise of
human potential and the capacity to
make choices and to act on them," Stahl
said, "showing that even during an
event like the Holocaust, there was hope
to be found. There were Jewish people
that were able to escape due to the
goodwill of usually total strangers."
Stahl covered
students.
The final decision was be
tween rapper/actor Ludacris or
the Goo Goo Dolls. Based on
the results of that survey, The
Goo Goo Dolls had a majority
response and the committee
went with them.
A decision sophomore, Polit
ical Science major, Jason
II advantage
harder than just regular classes
- they simply seek to enhance
the course through a bit of
extra study.
Bimber works as a Behrend
Honors Assistant under Distin -
guished Professor of Political
Science and International Law
John Gamble. She helps design
information sheets about the
honors program. Last semester,
she made up a survey for the
students to see if there was any
thing that needed to be im
proved upon for the coming
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staff writer
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Kirklin thought was a success
"I think the concert was ab
solutely amazing," he said.
"The Goo Goo Dolls really per
formed better than I expected,"
said Kirklin. "A much better
choice than Ludacris."
The Rocket Summer gave ad
vice to the audience before
opening for the Goo Goo Dolls:
of Schreyer
She said that "working does
make [keeping up] somewhat
harder, but it has taught me
how to manage my time well."
Last weekend, adding to her
accomplishments, she pre
sented an experiment at the
Sigma Chi Research Confer
ence.
She didn't win, but she felt
that just having been there to
show her work was enough.
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the history of rescue during the Holo
caust. She recounted touching stories
of the heroism and sacrifice of rescuers.
Typically rescuers were Christian, or,
in a few cases, of Muslim faith. The res
cuers were the rich as often as they were
the poor; they were educated as often as
they were illiterate. These rescuers, she
said, came from all kinds of walks of life
showing that anyone has the ability to
be a hero.
These heroes are an inspiration and
brought hope during a time of great loss
and terrible acts of cruelty.
The Jewish Foundation for the Right
eous, works to bring aid to those that
helped Jews escape and hide during the
Holocaust and to make sure these un
known heroes are honored.
Monthly, they provide aid to 1,000 res
cuers in 23 different countries.
These men and women do not see
themselves as anyone special.
"Rescuers were the precious few,"
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any kind of expression vccal
izes an impact.
"Pray for creativity, and it will
come, like in the Field of
Dreams," said Stephen Bryce
Avary. "Build it and they will
come."
Steelers play
game to
benefit
Behrend
basketball
Steelers fans from around
Erie made there way to Junker
Center to watch some of their
favorite players take the court,
rather than the field, in a
friendly basketball game
against the Behrend Commu
nity All-Stars for a good cause.
Behrend men's basketball
team hosted this fundraiser for
the school and community,
hoping to raise money for the
many costs presented to any
sports team. Fans roared as the
players entered the field house,
with backup QBs Charlie Batch
and Dennis Dixon making their
way onto the court.
"The money used goes to
cover all the costs that come
with having a sports team,"
said men's basketball head
Coach Dave Niland. "It's used
for many different expenses."
The Steelers played against
the Behrend All-Stars, made up
of students, staff, and commu
nity members. The friendly
game quickly favored the Steel
ers as they continued to put up
shot after shot, but no one in
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ELESE MERKOVSKY
senior reporter
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